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Former Member over 13 years ago

I am new to the whole base camp idea and it has me saying things outloud that I should not say. I sure could use some help if someone is willing.
I am trying to create a simple route for a trip I have coming up in 1 week. I click where I want to start my route (home) and then continue on the route. I can be about half way done with the route and when I click another location the route jumps to a whole different spot. Not the way I want to go. I know this has to be in the settings somewhere but I do not know where. I don't want the GPS to give me alternate routes I just want it to follow the route I want to be on. Is this too hard? I just spent $700 on this thing and it has me wanting to return it and buy a $100 unit.
Thanks in advance for any help.

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

Routes could cause your problem depending on how you set your routing preferences (avoid main roads, avoid U turns) and what profile you select (auto, bicycle, hiking, climbing). You can set these in the tools>options menu. If you want the GPSr to blindly follow your directions, create a track with the footprint tool.

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

Thanks for the reply.
So if I create the tracks for the exact trip highways etc, that I want to go on how do I turn that into a route so my gps will take me the route? If I have to take a paper map with me then I do'nt need a gps right?

Thanks

Routes could cause your problem depending on how you set your routing preferences (avoid main roads, avoid U turns) and what profile you select (auto, bicycle, hiking, climbing). You can set these in the tools>options menu. If you want the GPSr to blindly follow your directions, create a track with the footprint tool.

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

Thanks for the reply.
So if I create the tracks for the exact trip highways etc, that I want to go on how do I turn that into a route so my gps will take me the route? If I have to take a paper map with me then I do'nt need a gps right?

Thanks

What gps unit are you using?
What map are you using?
That info will help us give you good instructions for building routes.

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

If you TracBack (blindly follow a track) you don't want to convert it into a route. You can do this with a handheld. Don't know about nuvis. If you must convert it to a route, select the track with the Arrow tool, right click and select "Convert Track to Route".

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

I just purchased the Zumo 350lm. So far I am not too impressed.
The map I am using is the one that came on the Zumo

I guess the main problem I am having is making a route. I understand how to do it but it doesn't seem to work. I spend hours making the route the way I want it to go then all of a sudden the route changes on me and I have to start all over because I can not change or move the route back to where I want it. Why does it do that? I am taking a motorcycle trip to montana and idaho for 12 days and it looks like I may just leave the GPS home.

What gps unit are you using?
What map are you using?
That info will help us give you good instructions for building routes.

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

I just purchased the Zumo 350lm. So far I am not too impressed.
The map I am using is the one that came on the Zumo

I guess the main problem I am having is making a route. I understand how to do it but it doesn't seem to work. I spend hours making the route the way I want it to go then all of a sudden the route changes on me and I have to start all over because I can not change or move the route back to where I want it. Why does it do that? I am taking a motorcycle trip to montana and idaho for 12 days and it looks like I may just leave the GPS home.

Well you bought a very good tool and now you have to practice using it. :)

First off do not try making any routes yet. The Zumo has "auto routing" software and map. All you have to do is make a "Saved Location" (manual Page 6) for where you want to go that day (such as Zion or the motel in Vegas etc) and the Zumo will take you there. You need to sit down and make "saved locations" for all the major destinations on your trip. Each day when you turn on the Zumo and select > Where To? > Saved > you will see your major destinations displayed with the closest one to where you currently are listed first. Pick it and look at the route the Zumo makes. If you decide you want to detour over to some cool ghost town then make a new "saved location" for it and go. At any time you want to head off on some back highway just do it. The Zumo will "re-calculate" and give you updated directions to whatever "saved location" you had previously selected. In other words the Zumo will continuously try to get you to the "saved location" no matter where you are. You do not have to stay locked onto a specific route. Motorcycles are freedom so have fun and explore and let Zumo worry about where the hell that motel is now.

I highly recommend you practice at home by setting some "saved locations" like work or a buddies house across town and then follow Zumo for a ways and then deliberately go off course and see what happens.

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

Thanks Datezz I will try that.
My trip is a 2200 mile trip and i know the direction I want to head. When I put it in the gps it takes me a completely different direction than what I want. I will try the save locations and see how that goes. Thanks

Well you bought a very good tool and now you have to practice using it. :)

First off do not try making any routes yet. The Zumo has "auto routing" software and map. All you have to do is make a "Saved Location" (manual Page 6) for where you want to go that day (such as Zion or the motel in Vegas etc) and the Zumo will take you there. You need to sit down and make "saved locations" for all the major destinations on your trip. Each day when you turn on the Zumo and select > Where To? > Saved > you will see your major destinations displayed with the closest one to where you currently are listed first. Pick it and look at the route the Zumo makes. If you decide you want to detour over to some cool ghost town then make a new "saved location" for it and go. At any time you want to head off on some back highway just do it. The Zumo will "re-calculate" and give you updated directions to whatever "saved location" you had previously selected. In other words the Zumo will continuously try to get you to the "saved location" no matter where you are. You do not have to stay locked onto a specific route. Motorcycles are freedom so have fun and explore and let Zumo worry about where the hell that motel is now.

I highly recommend you practice at home by setting some "saved locations" like work or a buddies house across town and then follow Zumo for a ways and then deliberately go off course and see what happens.

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

Don,

I'm having a bit of the same problem.

Did set BaseCamp to "Automotive".

Have a waypoint set for campsite where we were in Taylor Park, CO.

Have a waypoint set for "Home".

clicked on New Route. in the box that opens I dragged campsite to start and home to finish. Wow...talk about being taken for a ride.

So I started over, closed the box and started the route by clicking on the campsite waypoint icon, then onto the road I wanted to follow, then to where Hwy 135 and Hwy 50 cross in downtown Gunnison, CO. Sigh, then it takes me around several blocks to get to the intersection I want. Why? they are both four lane asphalt streets?

So to get it right I had to set a waypoint at the intersection and a waypoint a at the edge of town where I will approach on Hwy 135.

Same thing going through the town of Salida, CO Instead of following HWY 50 through town, no it wants to divert and go all the way to downtown Salida and then wander paved backstreets back to HWY 50 at the far end of town. Huh?

Then on to Canon City and home...3.5 miles north of town. I had to set five waypoints to get from the West edge of town to home....driving the same paved roads I have for years.

Finally got the route I wanted. Uploaded to my Zumo 665.

Then on drive following the route, the magenta line for the route stayed on course, but "Jill" kept wanting us to take turns on side roads. HUH?

I've tried using the "rubberband" tool to bring the route back to where I want it, I'm presuming each click sets a "via" for the route. But then BaseCamp just keeps moving the route to another side street. As the initiator of the post put it...It took me more than an hour to build a route that in Mapsource took a couple of minutes.

Why are we struggling with this?

Thanks,

Rooster

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

Hello Rooster,

I used BaseCamp ver3.3.3
I used map City Navigator North America 2012.1
I set a waypoint in Canon City at N.9th St and Hwy 50.
I set a waypoint at Taylor Park Reservoir on Cr-742.
I selected those 2 waypoints > right click > Create Route Using Selected Waypoints.
Right click the Route > Properties > Properties Tab > Automotive > Recalculate (might not be necessary).
I got a direct route on Hwy 50 past Salida into Gunnison, Turned Right on N. Main Hwy 135, Turned Right onto Cr-742 at Almont, Cr-742 into Taylor Park. Total 153 miles.

I do not have a Zumo so I cannot test load the route but my BaseCamp made a direct route with no weirdness.
The problem could be your map?
Did you set the Zumo to Automotive?
Make a new route with just Canon City and Taylor Park > Right click the Route > Properties > Properties Tab > then switch from Automotive to Hiking to Motorcycle etc and you should get different routes for each if BaseCamp is working properly.

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

Don,

OK, I did that...amazing it worked!!!

But one more, here's the coordinates for where we were parked in the RV park above the Taylor Park store: TPRV N38 29.961 W106 33.354

When I use this as my start point, it takes the longest route down from the RV park to the CR-742 heading to Gunnison.

Do you see any reason it would do this?

I used the "rubberband" to move it to the right road, the first step moved on section correctly. The second step took three vias and an erase to get on the right route. Something to do with faster or shorter?

Thanks,

Rooster